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Ushguli (Georgian: უშგული [ˈuʒguli]) is a
community of five
medieval villages located at the head of the
Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia.
Ushguli is one...
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townlet is
dominated by
stone defensive towers of a type seen in
Ushguli and
Mestia proper ("Svan towers"). A
typical Svan
fortified dwelling consisted...
- The
Ushguli Church of the
Mother of God, po****rly
known as the
Lamaria Church, is a
medieval Georgian Orthodox church in the
community of
Ushguli in Upper...
- into
disrepair or have
disappeared entirely, however,
Chazhashi in the
Ushguli community has been
preserved as a
museum reserve,
containing over 200 of...
- do****ents the life of the Svan
people in the
isolated mountain village of
Ushguli in Svanetia, in the
northwestern part of the
Georgian Soviet Republic....
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exceptional preservation of a
medieval rural village, the
community of
Ushguli in
Upper Svaneti was
listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Svan...
- and has a
drainage basin of 4,060 km2 (1,570 sq mi). It
originates near
Ushguli in
northeastern Svaneti and
plays an
important role
providing hydroelectric...
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village is part of the
historical region of
Svaneti and
center of the
Ushguli community. Its
medieval fortified structures are
inscribed on the registry...
- century.
Numerous examples of Svan
tower houses are
found in
Chazhashi and
Ushguli. See
Vainakh tower architecture for details. The
Yemeni city of Shibam...
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dialects and subdialects:
Upper Svan (about 15,000 speakers)
Upper Bal:
Ushguli, Kala, Ipar, Mulakh, Mestia, Lenzer, Latal.
Lower Bal: Becho, Tskhumar...
